Sylejman Selimi | |
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![]() Former Commander, Sylejman Selimi | |
Commander of Kosovo Security Force | |
In office 16 June 2009 – 22 November 2011 | |
President | Fatmir Sejdiu Jakup Krasniqi (acting) Behgjet Pacolli Jakup Krasniqi (acting) Atifete Jahjaga |
Prime Minister | Hashim Thaçi |
Ministry of the KSF | Fehmi Mujota Agim Çeku |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Kadri Kastrati |
Commander of Kosovo Protection Corps | |
In office 10 March 2006 – 16 June 2009 | |
President | Fatmir Sejdiu |
Prime Minister | Agim Çeku Hashim Thaçi |
Preceded by | Agim Çeku |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Açarevë, Skenderaj, SFR Yugoslavia | 25 September 1970
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Branch/service | Kosovo Liberation Army Kosovo Protection Corps Kosovo Security Force |
Years of service | 1991–1999, 1999–2009, 2009–2011 |
Rank | Military commander |
Wars and battles | Insurgency in Kosovo (1995–1998) Kosovo War (1998–1999) |
Sylejman Selimi (born September 25, 1970) is the former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, who was convicted of war crimes for the torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners at the Likovac detention center during the Kosovo War.[1] After the war, he served as Security Force of the Republic of Kosovo;[2][3][4][5] he left this position in 2011 and became the ambassador to Albania.[6]